St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-27

calisaya. So urgent ha4 become the de
mand for it that the compound is kept
in a receptacle the same as ordinary
SyIups.
Another fayOrite tipple is catawba
and aniinsette, but thus far the bellies of
ST. Paul have not devoted much atten-
ton to this compound, preferring the
calisayer instead. Leaning over the
counter at one of the most popular drug
stores the other afternoon were two
well dressed ladies, one of whom whis-
pered something to the clerk which
caused him to shake his head. ''Oh,
well, give me some plain soda, then,
said his customer, but after slipping a
-mouthful or so she replaced the glass on
the counter, paid the bill and left the
store.
I'VE have to draw the line between a
gin-mill and a drug store" said the
clerk subsequently. "fOr they cannot be
successfully combined. Yes, she
wanted brandy and soda. Calisaya was
not stout enough. We have drawn the
line very sharply. and will not under
any circumstances dispense intOXlcantS
over our counter unless it is called for
by the recipe of areputable physician.
If the bars are once let down, there
would be no end to the number
of female drinkers who would patron
iZe US and thus avoid the necessity OF
going to the restaurants for their toddy.
Now the only way that they can secure
LIQUOR from us is to purchase it by the
bottle and take it home and enjoy it on
the quiet. Other places, however, are
not so SuueamiSh, as the ladies' deSlg-
nate our refusal to sell liquors, and their
customers among the female sex are le-
gion. and some of them are apt to take
pretty stiff horns, too. l know OF an eS-
Enlistment at Minneapolis that caters
to this class ns trade and their cOnSump-
ton of brandy, whisky, wine of all
kinds and coraialS is nearly twice that
of the drugs that they are supposed to
retail "The rage for these drinks, how
ever, is confined pretty much to the
East" continued the drug clerk, land
over our counter the syrup most called
for is chocolate. This is, think, the
favorite soda with ladies everywhere,
although the more progressive OF the
sex come i'll for something stronger, as
they say, because it braces them up
after long and tedious day spent in
front of the counter at dry goods eS-
adjustment"
At famous resort where lunches are
served for ladies especially it was aScer-
for when patron came in, and even
previous to the invariable salad, was
A GLASS OF BEER,
sometimes this being discarded i'll favor
of stiff whisky cocktail.
''DO they like cocktails" queried
the restaurateur. "Well, should smile.
It's ten to one that if you pull back the
curtain of any of the apartments now
occupied by lady customers that
you will find two or there
who have just ordered cocktails,
smacking their lips over them. The in
StructiOn to the waiter was to make
them stout, too. Women are getting to
be good drinkers. in fact, they pay more
attention to this when out shopping
than they do to subStantialS, preferring
to obtain the latter at home. | could
tell some queer stories about st. Paul
women if dared to. twas the conclud-
ing remark of BOniface." but if | let the
cat out of the bag l might as we'll close
up nv place. Ladies do not waste
money treating each other like the male
sex, but when they go into saloon or
coffee house, each pays their own bill
and nothing strange is thought of the
transaction. The busiest time at GER
tain bakery and coffee house in st. Paul
is between the hours of l and 3 o'clock
in the afternoon when the army of
shoppers are abroad looking for bar
gains. After spending the forenoon in
this pursuit and if long distance from
home the appetiZing odOr eXhaled
from the ever open door proves too
seductive for the daughters of Eve and
they swan into the baker shop like bees
around sugar caSk. And some of them
take pretty substantial lunches, leading
off with soup, roast beef and potatoes,
two or three cups of coffee, bread and
butter ad libitum, fried potatoes ard
ending with pie of some sort and
glass of milk. Frequently the custom
erS want the proprietor to send out and
buy them bottles of beer, but he will
not violate the printed rules of his es-
tablisIment. no intoxicating liquors fur
niShed or sold, and coffee and milk must
perforce be the only stimulants of his
lady patrons. But no matter if there
are half a dozen in party seated at
one table, each one calls for and pays
her own check and 10 one thinks that
anything improper or unusual has been
done How differently men would regard
a chap who invited half dozen to 90
to lunch and then let them pay for what
they ate. Still the ladies do it, and they
carry out the same plan i'll riding on
street cars, each one passing up her fare
and making no effort to ride at the eX-
penSe of her companion.